September 12
490 BCE: According to German scholar Philipp August Böckh, the
Greeks defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon. The Persians were led
by Darius I, the ruler under whom the Second Temple was built. It would not be surprising i…
September 11
813:
Coronation of Louis the Pious who “faithful to the principles of his father
Charlemagne and granted strict protection to Jews, whom he respected as
merchants” and who like his father believed that ‘the Jewish question’ could be
solve…
September
7
70: On the secular calendar the date on which a
Roman army under Titus occupied and plundered Jerusalem.
1191: The Crusader army led by King Richard the
Lionhearted defeated the army of Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf, north of Jaffa.
The …
September 3
175(BCE): Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Greek King of the Channukah story
began his reign today.
141 BCE (18th of Elul, 3619): The fight begun by Matthias and
Judah came to a successful conclusion when Simon was elected High Priest an…
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September 2
44 BCE: Cicero delivers the
first of his fourteen Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will
make 14 of them over the next several months. From a Jewish perspective it
might be proper to say “a pox on both of your houses.”&nbs…
August 31
12 CE: Birthdate of Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor. Caligula was crowned in 37 and murdered in
41. Life for Jews during his reign was
part of the downward spiral that would result in three rebellions by the Jews
over the next one …
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